Summer Coordinator for Community Networks (Adaptabilities) - Plan 2013

As a Summer Coordinator for Community Networks (Adaptabilities), my main responsibility is to increase awareness of major disabilities in Canada and provide practical information about them to parents, teachers, and other educators.

Schools play a very important role in what this work position is about. Teachers and other individuals involved in the education system are the people that will have one of the biggest roles in shaping the lives of children with disabilities. Increasing the understanding about common disabilities will help teachers improve the classroom environment for kids affected by disabilities. Creating a network that can communicate new knowledge and address any concerns with disabilities will surely improve the lives of the children and their families!

In order to accomplish this task, I have been working with a team of other coordinators to create blogs that introduce useful information regarding disabilities. Cerebral Palsy, Deafness, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Autism are some of the disabilities addressed in these blogs. These and many others affect a number of children across Canada and it is important that people become aware of how disabilities affect the lives of children. This way, they can be treated fairly and assisted to reach their maximum capabilities. Ultimately, this will not only increase the children’s’ quality of life but also lead them to become contributing members of society.

Planning and organizing an annual symposium dedicated to improving the understanding of disabilities is another task I am working on. This involves: contacting organizations and groups interested in partnering and presenting, finding sponsors for funding the event, booking a venue, organizing the details of the symposium, and finally, hosting the event.

As a separate project, I am working closely to with the NAIT Digital Media and IT Co-op Coordinator in order to improve the success rate of students finding co-op jobs. Both short term and long term improvements are being worked on.

Lastly, the Summer Coordinator for Community Networks position also includes work with the Jasper Place Health and Wellness Centre to meet the needs of the homeless individuals around the community.

Summer Coordinator for Community Networks - Plan 2013

My job with FACTSnet as a Summer Coordinator for Community Networks is a more generalized one than many of the other positions available, which has been evident this week as I started my myriad of new projects. I have focused much of my attention on the Oh Canada  Network and the Adaptabilities/Disabilities network being set up by some of my coworkers. I have also gotten a good start on a project to promote sustainability on U of A campuses using their Green Grant program. I think the project I am most excited to start on, however, is indexing the blogs in the site. My ultimate goal is to make things as easy to find as possible not only for FACTSnet contributors, but for visitors to the site as well. I will be working with our tech people this summer in order to make this happen. With input from the rest of the team, we will be working on a plan for a new, more user-friendly template for the site, as well as a system for organizing existing and new blogs. We hope to use the Adaptabilities/Disabilities blog as a prototype for the new system of organization.

Job Competition Blogs etc. 2013

1. Summer Program Business Manager

   Search FACTSnet index for Business.  
   

2. Technical Coordinator for Community Networks

   
   
   1. Internet-Web Page Coordinator: 
   
   Look at Blog templates and editing them.  Grey Nuns projects
   

3. Summer Coordinator for School/Community Networks (Worldview)

   Search for Worldview and education network. 
   

4. Summer Coordinator for School/Community Networks

   
   
   1. Historical Research Assistant:
   
   Search for education, leadership, Historical, heritage.
   

   Competition:

   1. Set up a blog and email posts and comments to factsc@gmail.com 
   2. Look at the job description(s) you are interested in.
   3. Find related blogs from the FACTnet index.
   4. Write a post on the jobs you are interested in and how you would make the related blogs better.  Other blogs you are interested in.  Optional include any ideas for your 20% project(s) (Capstone). 
   5. Do a post every day this week to update your 1st post.  Does not need to say much.  Just to show that you are interested in the job and that you can check in every day. 
   6. Meet again Wednesday (Short list) and Friday (should know funding and who is hired by Friday).
   7.  Volunteer benefits like information and  resource sharing, help finding a job, and group rates. 

    

Career and Personal Development (Session 1)

1. Write a post in your blog indicating your short term, mid term and long term career goals and ideals.
2. Write another post indicating what you would like to do for personal and relational development this summer.
3. Look at the following links and indicate which areas you would like to monitor.  
1. http://www.personality-insights.com/blog/#
2. thebreakthroughsolution.com.
3. https://www.flagpagetest.com/ 
4. For those of you who are short listed.  Write another post indicating what you would like to do with you first 40 hour week.